A secret meeting of the Life Alliance's top brass.
The potbellied Laoxi said, "This Gheros is much smarter than we imagined."
Kenster sneered. "Most likely, those lackeys in Wente City went crawling to him themselves."
"Otherwise, with these aliens' backgrounds, how could they know our methods inside out?"
Bull declared forcefully, "We should have sent in an army from the start and stamped out this fire completely!"
"What do we do now?"
At that moment, Alliance President Edward spoke.
"The most important thing a city needs to develop is population."
"And population is precisely what Diamond City lacks most!"
"Our capital has moved in, but we haven't brought many people along with it."
"Right now, most of the people gathered there are outlaws from the various gangs."
"I hear that fellow has even started luring Frost Elves into settling there to increase his population."
"As long as we control the routes to the outside world and the movement of people, we can easily restrict Diamond City's development."
"Our next priority is dealing with those disloyal lackeys in Wente City!"
Diamond City.
After more than half a month of development following the great battle, a large stretch of Diamond City's southern district, once nothing but ruins, had been cleared.
Huge quantities of scrap had been ground down and processed by machinery into new construction materials.
The ruined high-rises, vines sprouting from the ground, and wildly overgrown vegetation had all been cleared away.
However, since the underground spaces had not yet been dealt with, building high-rises above them was still impractical.
Even so, it was clear that Diamond City had completely shed its former desolation and deathly silence.
Large numbers of residents bustled through the city, going about their daily work.
Among them were many red-skinned natives, Frost Elves with all